Archive for November, 2013

The last word

The last word

Video from @BC

On April 20, 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered the culminating speech of the University’s Centennial celebration.

Grand opening

Grand opening

Audio from @BC

On November 9, the University Chorale premiered “God’s Grandeur,” five poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ, set to music by Professor Thomas Oboe Lee.

Past forward

Past forward

Interactive Feature from @BC

A 1908 topographic map of the Heights, commissioned a year after Boston College’s purchase, captures a farmscape on the verge of transformation. Digital enhancements tell the rest.

Showtimes

Showtimes

Slideshow from @BC

Spies, saints, and Russian siblings—scenes from three plays staged at the Robsham Theater this fall.

Military formation

Military formation

A Boston College Minute

Awaiting the 2013 veterans remembrance ceremony.